Clothes-pounder.



W. S. HALLIDAY. CLOTHES POUNDER.

APPLICATION FILED 11111.10, 191s.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914,

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THE NORRIS PETERS COvv PHOmiI'rHOH WASHINGTON. D Q

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WYATT s. IIALIIIDAY, or CAIRO, ILLIN'OIS.

CLOTHES-POUNDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 18, 19 14:,

Serial No. 741,278.

Application filed January 10, 1913.

more particularly to the class of clothespounders.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a clothespounder wherein a vacuum chamber is arranged so that when the pounder isused it will act upon the clothes for thoroughly cleansing the samewithout requiring the rubbing of the clothes or the use of a scrubbingboard ordinarily employed, the vacuum when formed serving to act uponthe water for the forcing of the same through the clothes for thethorough cleaning thereof.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a pounder in whichthe shell or body thereof is constructed so as to assure the propercirculation of water through the clothes when being washed for thethorough cleaning thereof without excessive exertion on the part of theoperator of the pounder. A further object of the invention is theprovision of a pounder of this character .which is extremely simple inconstruction,

thoroughly reliable and eflicient in operation, and inexpensive inmanufacture.

\Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional viewthrough a pounder constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2is a plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 ofFig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, the pounder comprises a conicalshell 5 preferably constructed from metal, although it may be made fromany other suitable material, and is formed at its smaller end with acontracted neck 6 providing a ferrule into which is fitted a handle 7the same being secured therein in any suitable manner.

Fitted within the shell 5 spaced a distance from its larger end is apartition 8 which is of circular formation and is secured to the shellin any suitable manner, and provides a vacuum chamber 9 between the saidpartition and the neck 6 of the shell.

Mounted upon and extending outwardly from the partition 8 and secured tothe inner face of the shell 5 at intervals concentrically with respectto its center is-a series of half cones or semi-circular tubes 10 111 jwhich are disposed transverse partitions 11 ing perforated at 13 toestablish communication between the air spaces 12 and the vacuum chamber9 while the shell 5 is perforated at 14 to permit air to enter the airspaces 12 from the exterior of the said shell.

Depending or extending outwardly from the partition 8 and suitablyjoined therewith is a medial and outer series of conical shaped cups 15and 16 respectively, the cups 16 being concentrically arranged withrespect to the cup 15, and said partition 8 is provided withperforations 17 which establish communication between the cups and thevacuum chamber 9 as shown so that air may be discharged from ,the vacuumchamber 9 exteriorly thereof through the cups 15 and 16 respectively. Itwill be noted that the cups 15 and 16 are of a length so that the sameterminate at the open edge of the shell 5 of the pounder, and likewisethe semi-circular tubes 10 are of a length to extend to the open edge ofthe said shell. The

partitions 11 in the half cones 10 are spaced from the end of the shell5 so as to lie below the perforations 14 in the latter whereby air maypass up through the air spaces 12 and discharge through the perforations13 into the vacuum chamber 9 to be discharged through the perforations17 and outwardly through the cups 15 and 16, respectively.

In the use of the pounder when it is pressed against clothes whilewashing the same compression will be produced in the chamber 9 so thatthe exhaust of air therefrom will force the water through the clothes,and on the drawing of the pounder out of the water the latter is suckedin through the openings 17 into the chamber 9 by reason of the exhaustof air therefrom. Air is sucked in through the openings 14 toperforations 13 through half-cones 10 when the pounder is in action,thus causing the water to penetrate the clothes and thereby remove dirtfrom the same.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and manner ofoperation of the device will be clearly understood, and there fore amore extended explanation has been omitted.

What is claimed is A clothes pounder comprising a conicalshaped bodyhaving a partition near its larger end, a plurality of cone-shaped cupsfixed to the outer face of the partition and having their free ends inthe plane with the larger end of the body,

a plurality of substantially halfcone-shaped cups fixed to the innersurface of the body and extending outwardly from the partition toterminate flush with the larger end of said body, the said last-namedcups be ing arranged concentrically with relation to the first-namedcups, the said partition being provided with perforations establishingcommunication between the body and said cups, the said body beingprovided with perforations opening into the half-cone-shaped cups, andclosure members arranged within the half-cone-shaped cups.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

XV ATT S. I-IALLIDAY. Witnesses PETER L1ND,- HENRY ZERFAST.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents eaeh, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C."

